Tag Archives: vegan

Recent Eats

Plant-based mac and cheese with broccoli, spinach, cabbage and Fieldroast hot dogs.

Jambalaya for Fat Tuesday with Tofurkey.

Fish-like tacos. Tofu coated with oil and crushed dried seaweed, pan fried.

Fieldroast hot dog with Vegenaise and Valenta hot sauce slaw.

Fried rice with Fieldroast hot dog.

Spicy Orange Noodles

We both thought this was really good. I used Pad Thai noodles and eliminated the ginger.
Recipe here.

Mexican Rice

Notes: I cooked in the rice cooker after browning rice. I also added corn.

Ingredients
Vegetable oil
1 cup long grain rice
1 tsp minced garlic
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1 cup vegetable broth
Chopped fresh cilantro

Directions
In a big sauce pan brown rice in oil.
Add garlic and cumin and stir.
Add tomato sauce and broth.
Bring the mix to a boil then turn heat to low and simmer till all liquid is absorbed.
Stir in cilantro.

Spicy Potato Tacos

Cubed potatoes seasoned with onion, garlic, cumin and chili powders, roasted at 375 for 20-30 minutes flipping/tossing halfway through.
Dressing is a 2 to 1 mix of Vegenaise and Valentina hot sauce.

Sesame Cauliflower

We both thought this was really good. Recipe here.
I omitted the ginger and I dipped the cauliflower in to the sauce verses drizzling the sauce over.

Recent Eats

: Roasted chickpeas and veggies and rice.

: Jackfruit tacos on home-made flour tortillas.

: Can’t recall what this was.

: Sriracha cauliflower , pasta and Daiya cheese.

: Vegan goulash sandwich.

: Roasted veggies and mashed potatoes.

: Noodles in pumpkin sauce.

: Chick pea salad sandwich.

: Cornmeal waffles.

: Stuffed bell peppers with Daiya cheese.

: Black bean and wild rice tacos along with vegan nacho cheese

: Carrot dog.

National Pizza Day

Celebrating with home-made veggie pizza.

Mujaddara

Supper tonight was mujaddara which is lentils and rice with caramelized onions. It was ok.

Vegan Cheese Sauce

We both thought this was pretty good.
I also made a cilantro – jalapeno dip/pesto with cilantro, jalapenos, walnuts and oil which wasn’t that good.

Ingredients

1 cup potatoes, peeled & diced
1 large carrot, peeled and chopped
¼ cup water of the carrot and potato water
2 Tbsp olive oil
½ Tbsp lemon juice
¼ cup nutritional yeast
¼ tsp onion powder
½ tsp garlic powder
1 tsp salt
½ tsp paprika

Instructions

Boil the potatoes and carrots until soft.
Drain the potatoes and carrots and add to blender along with the rest of the ingredients.
Blend till smooth.
Add more water if needed.

Carrot Dogs

Carrot dog on whole wheat bun with red cabbage slaw.

Vegan Carrot Dogs

Ingredients
3 or 4 carrots (hot dog size)
2 TBSP tamari (or soy sauce)
2 TBSP liquid smoke
1 TBSP maple syrup
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp black pepper

Directions
Peel carrots.
In a small bowl mix together all ingredients except the carrots.
Put the mixture along with the carrots in a ziplock bag.
Work the mixture around coating the carrots.
Let marinade for at least a couple hours occasionally working the bag to coat the carrots.
Place marinaded carrots on baking sheet and bake at 350 for about approx 30 minutes.